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Friday, June 3, 2011

Reading 101: Skimming and Picture Viewing

Just a friendly notice to everyone here on this fabulous place we call the Internet. If you are going to post about an article, you should try to read the article first. I know the pictures, captions, and titles are sometimes more interesting, alas... you run the risk of coming across as slightly ignorant if you don't actually read something you claimed to have read. It looks even worse if you describe the article as something entirely different than what it is, and then publicly post a false description of the article.

An example of this I remember from University was when someone pretended they read Romeo and Juliet, but they actually just saw the Baz Luhrmann rendition. In class when asked about Mercutio, they described him as an African American cross dresser with a fancy car. It was awkward for everyone. Seriously Internet, don't be that person.

this is awesome! I hate it when people act like they read your post only to ask you to come by and check theirs out...ugh. I bet the kid in the class who said that about Romeo and Juliette was pretty embarrassed...as they should be!!

Hey, I see you are from Vancouver...we are just north of ya, up be Bellingham! :)

I've adopted the same commenting policy as seen here at Off Beat Mama (http://offbeatmama.com/about/comments). I won't post comments if they strike me as attacking, judgmental, rude, or unproductive. In general if you are willing to put your name to something, I'll post it, but remember to keep your words sweet, because someday you may have to eat them.

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At first we were calling this Aias's College Fund, but we've decided to call it his dreams fund instead. Whether his dream is to attend University, to travel, or to start his own business, we want to support him regardless.